- Anything Else -

Dulce...?

Posted by: Farinata ( n/a, n/a ) on July 06, 1998 at 11:40:12:

In Reply to: Terrorist USA posted by Stuart Gort on July 06, 1998 at 10:20:10:

:It is more accurate to say America would occupy for the
: purpose of supporting democracy - a noble use of military might.

Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori?

I'm sure it comes as a great relief to the collateral wounded and dying to know that the bullet that did it was US-made, rather than Russian-made.

If there's a noble use for military might, I can't think of it ever seeing the light of day. The very most you can say is that it can be used to defend yourself against someone else's military might. Which means that the justification for military might is the existence of military might - a circular position, and not one solved by tooling up with more firepower.

Farinata.




Follow Ups:

The Debating Room Post a Followup